Raymond Eugene "Gene" Portwood Jr., a one-time Disney animator and the co-creator of the ground breaking computer game, WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO?, has passed.

Government officials in Australia are threatening a lawsuit against WebWank.net for posting a political satire Web game, which pokes fun at the country's treatment of its aboriginal people.

Nickelodeon will premiere Fanboy and Chum Chum, a new CG animated comedy spin-off from the Nicktoons Network anthology series Random! Cartoons, on Friday, Nov. 6 at 9:00 p.m.

AniMazing Spotlight International Animation Festival is pleased to invite you to join us for our inaugural celebration, a "Weekend of Animated Shorts".

The hot new director of District 9 chats exclusively about his feature debut, VFX, sci-fi and Peter Jackson.

Joe Rohde, Executive Designer and Senior Vice President of Walt Disney Imagineering, is the 3rd Featured Speaker for SIGGRAPH Asia 2009.

In VFXWorld's final "The Digital Eye" column, Autodesk's Sebastian Sylwan discusses how stereo 3-D can flourish if it becomes part of the toolset and not just a gimmick.

Mark Simon is mad as hell and, in this month's "Mind Your Business," he tells you why you should be too.

India-based Toonz Animation has signed a distribution deal with Liberation Ent., reports VARIETY.

Mechanism Digital’s Directive: Make dogs talk! . . . to promote the upcoming 101 Dalmatians Broadway musical. Timeline: Three days.

SCREENDAILY.COM reports that Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group president Mark Zoradi has left his position.

Dante Harper will pen Gary Sanchez Prods. and Paramount's HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

Producer John H. Williams (SHREK, SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET) has acquired Michael Chase Walker's live-action and animated fantasy epic, CIRCUS GALACTICUS: CIRCUS OF THE BEYOND.

Comedy Central has picked up repeats of ABC's cancelled toon THE GOODE FAMILY, VARIETY reports.

Computer Animation Studios of Ontario Association (CASO) President Neil Williamson announced the results of the first animation and vfx industry survey Thursday night at a reception held during the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

This month in Career Coach, Pamela Kleibrink Thompson gives some helpful tips on networking.

Parties have signed a preliminary agreement based on which management will acquire 100% of the former local Jetix subsidiary which in the meanwhile has changed its name and brand into SWITCHOVER MEDIA and will continue to be based in Rome with all current dedicated staff.

VOOZ, the creator of PUCCA and BRB International are teaming up to breathe life into CANIMAL, an original television series aimed a pre-school target audience.

Pixar's stereoscopic gurus discuss the studio's embrace of Up and the Toy Story franchise in Disney Digital 3-D.

Jan Nagel talks to the people taking pitches about what pitchers need to do to prepare for their pitch.